Dr Genevieve Osborne
Consultant Dermatologist
Skin Health & Allergy
Sub-specialties: General Dermatology, Paediatric Dermatology, Surgical Dermatology.
02036532007
Overview
Dr Genevieve Osborne is an experienced dermatologist who has worked as a consultant dermatologist for over 20 years, initially at Imperial College NHS Trust and later at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust. She is now in full-time private practice. She has broad experience in general dermatology, with both adult and paediatric patients (aged 12+). She has served as Clinical Lead in Skin Cancer and has particular interests in medical dermatology and autoimmune skin disease.
About Dr Genevieve Osborne
Dr Genevieve Osborne is a Consultant Dermatologist with over 20 years’ experience in the field. She provides specialist dermatology care for adults and older children with all skin conditions, ranging from acne, eczema and skin cancers to complex skin diseases that may affect other organ systems. She is known for her approachable style and, after a thorough assessment, offers tailored advice along with medical or surgical treatments.
Dr Osborne graduated in Medicine from the University of Southampton in 1992. She gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1996, and completed her specialist dermatology training in 2003 within the London Deanery. Her dermatology specialist training included time at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, as well as at King’s College Hospital, London.
She developed an ongoing interest in medical dermatology during her work as a clinical fellow and researcher in dermato-haemato-oncology at King’s College Hospital and King’s College London, where she studied graft-versus-host disease in both the clinic and laboratory (2002–2003).
From 2004, Dr Osborne worked as an NHS Consultant Dermatologist at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, London, where she served as Lead Clinician of the Dermatology Department and Lead of the Skin Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team. In 2016, she took up the post of NHS Consultant Dermatologist at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Dr Osborne now works full-time in private practice in London and Bristol, where she sees both adult patients and paediatric patients over the age of 12. She also regularly teaches postgraduate students and general practitioners.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Genevieve Osborne commonly treats:
- Acne
- Rosacea
- Eczema and dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Skin cancer
- Hyperhidrosis
- Warts
- Alopecia
- Cutaneous connective tissue disease
- Lichen planus
She offers the following tests and treatments:
- Dermoscopy
- Skin cancer screening
- Skin biopsy
- Skin cancer surgery
- PDT
- Medical botox
- Histology
- Microbiology
- Mycology
Additional Information
Dr Osborne has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Physicians and is also a member of the following professional organisations:
- British Association of Dermatologist
- British Society of Paediatric Dermatology
- British Society of Medical Dermatology
- British Medical Association and the Royal Society of Medicine.
She currently holds clinical posts at:
- Welbeck
- Spire Hospital, Bristol
- Nuffield Healthcare, Bristol Hospital
Research Highlights
Dr Osborne's notable publications include:
- Impact of glucocorticoids on patients’ quality of life: a qualitative study assessing
face validity and feasibility of the Steroid PRO in patients with inflammatory
gastroenterology, respiratory and dermatology conditions
Anne-Marie T Sweeney, Susan Bridgewater, Jen Orme, Sebastian Sattui, Michelle
Sharp, Pamela Richards, Christine A Silverthorne , Elizabeth Arthurs, Tom Creed,
Genevieve Osborne, Giles Dunhill, Jill Dawson, Emma Dures, Shaney Barratt ,
Richard Ramonell, Timothy Patton, Susan M Goodman, Catherine Hill, Sarah L
Mackie, Mwidimi Ndosi , Joanna C Robson;BMJ Open 2025;15:e089225. /bmjopen-
2024-089225 - Chapter Author in ’Handbook of Systemic Drug Treatment in Dermatology’;third
edition 2023 CRC Press;Ed Wakelin - The Clinical features of graft-versus-host disease induced by donor lymphocyte
infusions.S64:41, 2003;Osborne GE,du Vivier A, Higgins E, Mufti G, Devereux S, Creamer D. British J Dermatol - The management of HIV-related Skin disease: Parts I & II (Infections, neoplasms and
inflammatory disorders). Osborne GE, Taylor C, Fuller L. Int J STD & AIDS 2003 - A review of the risk factors and clinical features of a cohort of patients with graft-
versus-host disease receiving allogeneic bone marrow transplants
Osborne GE, du Vivier A, Higgins E, Mufti G et al . Br J Dermatol : S64:41. 2003
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